American Girl, 15, Loses Right Leg in Vacation Shark Attack
An American teen lost a leg after being attacked by a shark during a vacation in Central America, according to a report.
The tourist—identified by ABC News as 15-year-old Sofia Carlson—was on a diving excursion near Halfmoon Caye in the Gulf of Honduras on Tuesday morning when the attack occurred. “It was her right leg that received a bite from the shark,” Admiral Elton Bennett of the Belize Coast Guard told the network. “So, she lost her right leg.”
Carlson was reportedly on an excursion with the company Belize Dive Pro to the Lighthouse Reef, a popular Caribbean dive site located around 50 miles south of Belize City. Bennett said tour operators pulled Carlson out of the water and took her to a Coast Guard base where officers assisted in stabilizing her before she was later airlifted to a hospital.